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1 Kings 22:221Kgs.22.22

And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר אֵצֵא֙ וְ/הָיִ֨יתִי֙ ר֣וּחַ שֶׁ֔קֶר בְּ/פִ֖י כָּל נְבִיאָ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר תְּפַתֶּה֙ וְ/גַם תּוּכָ֔ל צֵ֖א וַ/עֲשֵׂה כֵֽן

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

L'Eternel lui dit: Comment? Je sortirai, répondit-il, et je serai un esprit de mensonge dans la bouche de tous ses prophètes. L'Eternel dit: Tu le séduiras, et tu en viendras à bout; sors, et fais ainsi!

KJV

And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so.

Patristic reading

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  • Basil of Caesarea

    NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works

    33:13 33:13-15 Joshua 24:27 Judges 5:27 14:14 1 Samuel 7:4 9:3 16:14 19:20 21:18 28:13 2 Samuel 6:23 1 Kings 22:22 2 Kings 4:39 5:1 7:13 Job 1:1 1:21 2:11 3:1 3:25 8:9 9:8 28:14 33:4 36:27 38:6 38:7 38:7 Psalms 1 1 1:1 2:6 2:15 3 3:4 3:5 3:30 4:24 4:25 4:27 4:30 5:3 5:6 5:6 5:37…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)

    ndax in ore omnium prophetarum ejus. Et dixit Dominus: Decipies et praevalebis; egredere et fac ita (III Reg. XXII, 20-22) . Quod quidem Micheas propheta, cum coram ipso Achab exposuisset sibi revelatum fuisse, adjecit: Nunc igitur ecce dedit Dominus spiritum mendacem in ore omni…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 202 (Migne)

    tus a facie Domini egrediens, ait: «Egrediar, et ero spiritus mendax in ore omnium prophetarum ejus (III Reg. XXII, 22) ,» et interficiam Achab: sed ea quam secuti Abraham et Jacob, Petrus et Paulus, Deo familiares, et amici facti sunt ejus. Egrediendum est igitur de castris infi…

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